Psalms 124

Psalms 124:1

AMP: “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”Let Israel now say,

ASV: If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,

BSB: If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—

DARBY: {A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say

DRA: To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

KJV: If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Psalms 124:2

AMP: “If it had not been the Lord who was on our sideWhen men rose up against us,

ASV: If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;

BSB: if the LORD had not been on our sidewhen men attacked us,

DARBY: If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

DRA: Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

KJV: If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Psalms 124:3

AMP: Then they would have [quickly] swallowed us alive,When their wrath was kindled against us;

ASV: Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

BSB: when their anger flared against us,then they would have swallowed us alive,

DARBY: Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

DRA: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

KJV: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Psalms 124:4

AMP: Then the waters would have engulfed us,The torrent would have swept over our soul;

ASV: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

BSB: then the floods would have engulfed us,then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

DARBY: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

DRA: For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

KJV: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Psalms 124:5

AMP: Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.”

ASV: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

BSB: then the raging waterswould have swept us away.

DARBY: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

KJV: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Psalms 124:6

AMP: ¶Blessed be the Lord,Who has not given us as prey to be torn by their teeth.

ASV: Blessed be Jehovah, Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

BSB: Blessed be the LORD,who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

DARBY: Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

KJV: Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Psalms 124:7

AMP: We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers;The trap is broken and we have escaped.

ASV: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

BSB: We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler;the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

DARBY: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

KJV: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Psalms 124:8

AMP: Our help is in the name of the Lord,Who made heaven and earth.

ASV: Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 125 A Song of Ascents.

BSB: Our help is in the name of the LORD,the Maker of heaven and earth.

DARBY: Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.

KJV: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.